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How to pronounce limit
Say it like this: /ˈlɪmət/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does limit mean?
nounA restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
“Two drinks is my limit tonight.”
A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit
“The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.”
Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
“Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.”
adjBeing a fixed limit game.
verbTo restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
“I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.”
To have a limit in a particular set.
“The sequence limits on the point a.”
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
“a limiting friar”
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